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11:12 Britain handed over security in Basra province to Iraqi forces today, effectively marking the end of nearly five years of British control. Responsibility for Iraq's main oil export hub will be the biggest test yet of the Baghdad government's ability to keep the peace without troops from outside. A scaled-down British force will remain confined to base in southern Iraq with a small training mission and a rapid reaction team on stand-by. "Today we stand at a historic juncture and a special day, one of the greatest days in the modern history of Basra," provincial governor Mohammed Mosbah al-Waeli said at a ceremony to mark the occasion.
UK returns Basra to Iraqis after 5 years
SA prosecutors file papers against Zuma
16:54 Days before Jacob Zuma was expected to become the next leader of South Africa's ruling ANC, legal authorities have filed court documents they say contain new evidence against him in a corruption case.Murder inquiry launched into Dublin stabbing
15:08 A murder inquiry has been launched in the investigation of the fatal stabbing of a man in Dublin yesterday.Confusion over eligibility continues despite Fifa ruling
12:20 Soccer chiefs on both sides of the border today insisted football's governing body Fifa had ruled in their favour in a row over whether players born in Northern Ireland could play for the Republic.
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